As political experts remain baffled by Donald Trump’s popularity – scientific studies from the field of psychology continue to shed light on the phenomenon.

A new study published in the journal Translational Issues in Psychological Science has shown that Donald Trump stands out amongst other politicians – including fellow presidential candidates and past presidents – as being exceptionally low in analytic thinking.

By using intelligent text analysis software to interpret language data from speeches – debates and written documents – the researchers were able to determine the point where Trump falls on an analytic-narrative continuum.